Tag Archives: Adventure

Winner: Gravity Rush Read the Spelunky review. (opens in new tab) As the initial wave of PlayStation Vita launch titles came to a crawl, two eagerly anticipated games dropped in June. Metal Gear Solid HD Collection revisits not only the PS2 classics, but somewhat functions as a companion to the …

Dragon’s Dogma is like a precociously intelligent teenager, in the sense that it has ideas beyond those of its peers, but struggles to explain itself. There’s no better example than the game’s rushed opening, which drops you into the armored boots of a warrior about to face a giant chimera. …

Dragon’s Dogma isn’t due until May, but next week Capcom is giving warriors a trial run with a playable demo of the fantasy action role-player on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. Due April 24 (April 25 in the UK), the demo will consist of two quests; one pitting Fighters against …

It’s the sign of a strong point-and-click adventure puzzle when you know what you have to do, have a basic idea as to how to do it, but don’t know how you’re actually going to. Essentially, you see the door, know it’s locked, and need find a way to open …

Quantic Dream’s CEO David Cage has been a strong supporter regarding emotion in games and is finding new ways of capturing an actor’s full performance. During his panel at the Game Developer’s Conference, Cage not only unveiled an incredible new tech demo (which you can watch here) that was running …

There are no gaudy explosions, no zippy one-liners, no grandiose set-pieces. And it’s all over in around two hours. But Journey is one of the longest games we’ve played in quite a while. And that’s a rare compliment. Journey is long because it’s long-lasting. It’s a game that we will …

While free of system launches, March is another grea­t month to be a gamer, thanks to an opening week that kicks off with the likes of Mass Effect 3 and Street Fighter X Tekken. Luckily, the action doesn’t let up after that, with each week offering a mix of ­big …

In a not-so-cryptic Facebook posting today, American McGee shared a piece of concept art that was labelled, “Jack and the Beanstalk” with the following message, “What’s that you say? You’d like to see more crazy fairy tale adaptations from Spicy Horse? Hmmm… what’s this? Oh, I dunno… perhaps concept art …

Sheep/puzzler/sex/Twin Peaks sim Catherine is a hard one to pin down. That hasn’t stopped the Atlus-carved game from pulling in some fairly decent numbers – it sold 200,000 copies (opens in new tab) during its first week upon release overseas, and worldwide has shifted enough units to be deemed one …

Sony has been somewhat vague as to the status of Team Ico’s The Last Guardian ever since its original director Fumito Ueda traded his full time gig for a contractor role. That was until yesterday, when Sony boss Shuhei Yoshida took a minute out of his 2012 DICE. appearance to …